February 2012
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“To read fast is as bad as to eat in a hurry.”
– Vilhelm Ekelund, poet (1880-1949)
January 2012
6 posts
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““Solomon Shereshevsky could recite entire speeches, word for word, after...”
– Ingrid Wickelgren, “Trying to Forget,” from Scientific American Mind
““Truth comes from the observation of nature. The Japanese have tried to...”
– Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
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“Words are things; and a small drop of ink
Falling like dew upon a thought,...”
– Lord Byron, (1788-1824)
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“A poet should be of the
old-fashioned meaningless brand:
obscure, esoteric,...”
– Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)
October 2011
3 posts
“Of all the mysteries of life, nothing was more mysterious than the return of...”
– Thomas McGuane
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“To read is to translate, for no two persons’ experiences are the same. A...”
– W.H. Auden, poet (1907-1973)
“Time has a wonderful way of weeding out the trivial.”
– Richard Ben Sapir, novelist (1936-1987)
September 2011
7 posts
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“But what then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to...”
– Albert Camus, writer, philosopher, Nobel laureate (1913-1960)
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“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and...”
– Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (1918-2008)
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“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for...”
– Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (1915-2005)
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August 2011
5 posts
Freedom. Freedom is good.
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“The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his...”
– William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (1811-1863)
RT @indieconnectbhm: If you’re a serious musician, you MUST listen to this podcast with Seth Godin on “Building a Musical Tribe” - http: …
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July 2011
21 posts
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“There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also...”
– Hartley Shawcross, barrister, politician, and prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal (1902-2003)
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“Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with...”
– William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate (1865-1939)
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“It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such...”
– Jean de la Bruyere, essayist and moralist (1645-1696)
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“The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the...”
– Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826)
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“Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been...”
– Richard C. Trench, poet (1807-1886)
“If someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill ‘em right back!”-Captain Reynolds of Serenity #makesmegiggle
RT @badbanana: Tonight, as our politicians bicker, all ten of our American Idols secretly convene to begin the work of fixing our nation.
Tapas must be Spanish for “over-priced tiny portions.”
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“We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.”
– Stewart I. Udall, politician (1920-2010)
“There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been...”
– Hannah Senesh, poet, playwright, and paratrooper (1921-1944)
I wish @spotify and @pandora would get married and have a baby music service with unlimited music files and new artist suggestions.
Attention Birmingham: I will fight you (verbally, in a battle of compliments and kindness) for Tuneyards tix at @BottletreeCafe
My cup overfloweth with music buddies!
Everyone at Pitchfork Music Fest this weekend should tweet/post CONSTANTLY about it so we can attend vicariously! @pitchforkmedia
“Rocks are hard.”
Idea: a community outreach program that brings domestic pets into schools to teach healthy human-animal interactions.
Hmm. Apparently stitcher’s servers are down for maintenance. I can relax now.
RT @altonbrown: I made a bet with my agent that I could have 40K followers before end of day. If I fail I must buy him expensive Star W …
“Nothing says, “We’re having a good time,” like hiring 150 riot...”
– From a Motley Fool podcast on an upcoming electric power company meeting in Japan.
June 2011
34 posts
RT @BHMBizAlliance: Kudos to @RailroadPark for being such a great asset to #Bham! Check out what @fastcompany has to say about it: http: …
RT @abc3340: Gulf State Park wildfire mostly contained: Authorities say a wildfire at Gulf State Park is mostly contained… http://bit. …
RT @PressRegister: Hangout Music Festival revenue tops predictions; may have injected $30 million in beach economy http://ow.ly/5qdbr
Watching the Parson Red Heads play at @BottletreeCafe and loving it.
RT @abc3340: Ala woman pleads guilty in son’s death: An Alabama woman who prayed for the healing of her sick son rather t… http://bit. …
RT @leerisperth: Playing tonight @The_Fire_House with @mjschindler 7 P.M. Come!
